You learn something new every day. Sure, cats always land on their feet, but did you know that enough of them do it from buildings that there's a term for it? "High-rise syndrome" is meant to describe the propensity for cats to pounce or slip from great heights to the ground below. And by great heights, we're talking up to forty-six stories. Obviously at extremes the higher a cat is, the less his chances are. But there's an interesting phenomenon at about the sixth story. It seems less dangerous for cats to fall from sufficient heights because it takes them about 2 seconds to orient themselves. Its pretty much the drunk driver survival tactic, because the cats with more time can relax after getting their feet down. So go look for your cat cause they might fair better than you'd expect after a swan dive.But the take-home lesson here is close your damn sliding door; cats can't fly.
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